Polly Royle Counselling

Welcome to my website
 
I hope if we work together you will find me to be kind, supportive and easy to talk to.

I am a person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist based in Ipswich and Woodbridge, Suffolk specialising in  loss, bereavement and relationships. As a trauma informed practitioner I can help, but not diagnose, symptoms or issues caused by a traumatic event that leaves a person either reliving the experience and/or suffering from the effect(s) of trauma.  I work privately with clients and have worked voluntarily for St Helena Hospice as a bereavement counsellor. I have been married for over 30 years and am a parent to three, both of which I bring my experience and knowledge to my practice.

My counselling degree gave me a broad knowledge of counselling theories and my work has since gained me experience of working in more depth with a variety of ages and a wide range of issues. Some, but not all of the issues included in my work are depression, abuse, living with someone with an eating disorder, low self-esteem, relationships, work difficulties, bullying, anger management, trauma, loss, bereavement and parenting skills. I am also committed to continuing professional development to support my therapeutic work and my work is professionally supervised. 

Before training to become a counsellor, I worked within the commercial and residential sectors of the property world and afterwards for two schools, one of which was for children with low to moderate learning difficulties.